Marking-machine



H, W. WINTER.

MARKING MACHINE- APPLICATIQN F ILED APFL2, I915- Patented Dec. 20

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- M WZE- 2 SHEE S H. W. WINTER MARKING MACHINE.

APPLIVCATION'HLED APR.2, 1915. 1 ,400,708, Patented -]Deu. 20, 1921.1

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HENRY "W. WINTER, OF METHLUEN, 1V1 1S2 NEE-HTS, TU UNKTl-ID $1 1033 hLAGl'IIiNErtY C A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed April 2, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

it known that I, l-inrtnr 1V. W'IN'rER, a citizen of the United Fit-ates, residing at hfldhnen, in the county oi Essex and State of it"issachusetts. have invented certain linproveinents in Mai-king-Machines, of which the following description. in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several iieurcs.

This invention relates to machines for marking by embossing or otherwise upon sheet materiel. especially portions of boots and shoes.

()bjects 01": the invention are to improve the consirnction and organization of machines of this type. to increase the speed of their operation by rendering them automatic in action, to improve their accuracy antlto adapt the i for certain operations which it has not been possible to effect satisfactorily by machines of this class as heretofore constrnctcd.

An important feature of the invention consists in novel mechanism for presenting automatically gold leaf or other steinping inetinin in strip or ribbon form in position between the Work and the stamping (lie. :hS herein shown this is effected by teecling the strip in a path adjacent to the surface of the Work to be stamped and the embossing operation is eii ecterl by forcing; the strip against the work by a heated die to transfer and, impress the medium thereon. After each. impression the strip of stamping ine- (linni is advanced to bring a fresh portion thereof into stamping position.

i,ther features of the invention relate more particularly to improved mechanism intermittently advancing a. strip or mine: medium and applying it to the in the preterrecl construction, a (lie is mounted to move toward 9. Work table, and. the strip is drawn from a supply reel ted intermittentl; bet 'een the the anal the work. .a pair of oscillating" lingers guide the strip normally out oi contact with the (lie and the work but serve to move the strip nto contact with the work in advance of the die and to strip the material from the the followingan impression.

Machines of the type under discussion are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1921.

Serial 150. 18,768.

employed to a large extent tor enibossing the top stsy material of boots and shoes. The emplqgvnent of the machine herein dismosecl. for einhossing top stays of completed boots is Within the scope of the invention. l have found, however, that the top stay material may he embossed With good advantage while in the strip term, being subseinto pieces of the proper length poraterl in the boot as a part of its U it ith these conditions in view an important :t'eatnre of the invention consists broadly in the provision of a machine constructed and arranged to present in stampin; position successive portions of e continuous strip or ribbon of material to be stamped. together with means for marking by 'enil'iossing or otherwise each successive portion of the work so presented.

.PiS herein shown i eeciinp; means is pro virleil by which mete to be stamped in strip forin be fed into stamping position beneath the strip of stamping; medium. The combination of cooperating feeding niec nisins err ogecl to present in operative pos, or. success portions of stamping nie- (linin and material to be stamped is believed to be novel and constitute an important feetnre of the invention.

Another feature oi: the invention consists in the provision of novel feeding means for the mat nipecl havingprovision rial to he tor mtl instrnent WllilQlDY the spacing of the successive impress ons on the strip may be varied and control ed in accordance with the requirements of the Work in hand. For exam ne. the len h of the top stay materiel "etl in boots oi rliiierent sizes varies resin consioe iblv. The present invention contemplates the provision of snch adjustment to sllow for these variations.

These and other to ires oi the invention will he best nneersmocl and apprecia ed from the following}; de cription of a preferred einborlinient thew, selected for purposes ot ilhistr tion and shown in the accmpenyine drcwines. in WlliCl'l.-

Figure 1 is view i the mech'ne in front elevation with a. portion oi. the frame broken away; k

Fig. 2 is a view within the machine casing of portions of the leather strip feeding mechanism feeding mechanism for the stamping strip,

and

Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of portions of the stamping strip feeding mechanism.

The invention is hereinshown as embodied in a machine of the type disclosed in my prior Patent No. 1,301,890, April 29, 1919,

p to which reference may be had for details not herein shown. It will be understood, vhowever, that the invention is not limited in its application to that or to anyparticular marking machine.

Themachine herein illustrated has a frame 2 with an overhanging portion in which is mounted a vertically reciprocating die carrier 4 for a stamping die 6. Beneath and in line with the stamping die'is formed a work table 8. The frame also has journals for a driving shaft 10 carrying a suitable pulley by which power may be applied to the machine. Mechanism is also provided for starting and stopping the machine, but is not herein shown as it forms no part of the present invention. The die carrier is operated from a cam 3 on a countershaft 80, see Fig. 2, acting through a substantially verticallink 5 which is connected to the rear end of a lever 7 substantially aS shown in my prior application. x

pon one side of the head of the frame 2 is adjustably secured a bracket 12 carrying a, spindle 14 adapted to receive a reel of stamping medium in the form of a continuous strip. This strip will be hereinafter referred to as the stamping strip and may comprise any material suitable for the intended purpose such as a paper strip having bronze powder or gold leaf applied to one surface thereof, which medium is adapted to be transferred to and embossed upon the work when acted upon by the die. A coil l6 is frictionally held upon the spindle 14 andha torsionspring 18 is provided for frictionally engaging the core of the coil and imparting thereto a slight reverse movement when permitted for taking up slack in the stamping strip. 7 3

I The stamping strip is led downwardly and guided transversely beneath the die 6 by a pair of guide fingers 20 secured at the rear end to a. rock shaft 22. At the left side of the die the stamping strip runs upwardly and about a feed roller 24 fast to a shaft 25 journaled in a bracket 26 secured to the left side of the machine frame. Beneath the feed roller 24 is shown a second feed roller 28, the stamping strip being arranged to pass inwardly between the two feed rollers and then outwardly to any suitable receptacle for the waste stamping strip. The upper feed roller 24 turns with a pinion 30 which meshes with a pinion 32 on the lower feed roll 28. The feed rollers 24 and 28 are driven through the shaft 25 which extends rearwardly and has secured thereto a bev eled gear 34. The gear 34 is arranged to mesh with a beveled gear 36 carried by the upper end of a vertical shaft 38' which at its lower end carries a beveled gear 40 meshing with a beveled gear 42 on the left end of a shaft 44 extending horizontally across the machine. 011 its right end the shaft 44 carriesa worm'wh'eel 46. The worm wheel 46 is driven from the main shaft through the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 5 and which will now be described. The main shaft 10 carries a spiral gear48 arranged in mesh with a corresponding spiral gear 50 fast to a shaft 52 iournaled in a swinging bearing bracket 54. The bracket 54 is arranged for pivotal movement about the shaft 10 in such a way that the driving connection between the gears 48 and 50 will not be interrupted when the bracket is moved. At its lower and forward end the shaft 52 carries aworin 56 which is arranged to mesh with the worm wheel 46 when the bracket 54 is swung upwardly. A pawl 58 pivotally mounted on a stationary arm 60 is arranged to engage a projection 62 upon the side of the bracket 54 and hold the bracket in its elevated position to maintain a driving connection between theworm 56 and the worm wheel '46. A spring 61 holds the pawl 58 in operative position but allows it to be displaced toward the right, in Fig. 5, to permit disengagement of the worm 56 after a predetermined interval. For this purpose a disk 63 is provided upon the shaft 44 and V a knock-off pin 64 is set in the disk in such position as to trip the pawl 58 when turned sufficiently to encounter it. The disk 63 is loosely mounted upon the shaft 44and is connected with a torsion spring 65 which tends always to rotate it in a direction opposite to that in which the worm wheel 46 is turned and to return the said pin64 always to an initial position determined by an ad justable abutment 68. The abutment 68 is formed on a hub 70 journaled on a pair of collars 71, 72 on the shaft 44. The collar 72 is formed as a part of the disk 63 and re ceives one end of the torsion spring 65. The collar 71 is loose upon the shaft' 44 but is held in place by a stationary pin 73 which projects from the hub of the arm 60 into arrecess in the face of the collar. The periphery of the collar 71 is provided with ratchet teeth in which engages a pawl formed the handle 7 6 until it engages in the desired ratchet tooth. The initial position of the knock-off pin 6% is simultaneously adjusted as the torsion spring 65 will hold this pin against the face of the abutment. In this way the amount of rotation impa ted to the worm wheel i6 be controlled, for em ample, when the handle 76 is set in the position shown in F 5 the knock-off pin will travel about one-quarter of a revolution before it trips the pawl 58, whereas if the handle 76 were swung so as to extend horizontally to the left, in Fig. 5. the knock-off pin 6% would travel substantially one half of a revolution before tripping the pawl 58. It will be understood that the disk 63 is fast to or formed integrally with the worm wheel 46. Between the worm wheel a6 and the shaft 1 1 is interposed a roller clutch which permits reverse movement of the worm wheel and disk under the actuation of the torsion spring 65 as soon as the worm 56 is disengaged.

The bracket 5% is swung upwardly to bring the worm 56 into mesh with the worm wheel 46, after the machine is started, by a cam 78 mounted on the cam shaft 80 and driven by a gear wheel 82 on the main shaft through a gear S-il on the cam shaft. As shown 1n 5 the cam 78 is provided with a projection arranged to encounter another projection 7 9 on the bracket 54-.

From the foregoing description it will be plain that at an. interval after starting the machine the feed rollers 2 and 28 are rotated to draw the stamping strip beneath the die and that the extent of this movement is preliminarily determined by the setting of the handle 76.

The guide fingers 20 are provided their forward ends with slots through which the stamping strip passes. When the die is moved toward the work the fingers 20 are depressed in advance of it carrying the s ping strip into close proximity to the su lace of the work above the table and drawing length of fresh strip from the coil 1 6, whereupon engagement of the strip with the worlr is caused by the lIlO'rGlflGllt of the stamping; die. ter the impression the tingers 20 are QlGVErtQtl to separate the stamp .ing strip from the work. Their upward movement, however, is a. .sted before the die reaches its uppermost position so that they also serve to separat the face of the die to which it tends to adhere. The required movement of the fingers 20 is imparted to them by a cam 86 secured to the left end of the cam shaft 80. To this end the reel: sha t 22 carries on its left end a can arm 23 carr a cam roller 27 which is arranged to run on the periphery of the cam 36. cl. spring 29. see Fig. t, serves to maintain the roller 2 against the periphery of the 86 and to hold the {guide (EDJIQTS 20 normally in elevated position. it

will be noted that the cam 78 is so set as to e the strip from allow a sufficient time for the entire impression to take place before it sets the stamping strip feeding mechanism in operation.

As herein shown the machine is adapted to operate upon a continuous strip or ribbon, such for example as the material used for top stays of boots and shoes. It will be understood, however, that the mechanism thus far described constitutes a complete operative machine for embossing or otherwise marking separate pieces of work. For example, if it is desired to emboss the top stay after it has been incorporated in the upper of a shoe the machine hereinabove described may be utilized without substantial modification. lVhen it is eesired to operate upon a strip of continuous material the mechanism now to be described be employed to good advantage.

Referring again to 1 a standard is provided at the right hand side of the machine having a spindle 101 for the reception of a coil 102 of ribbon to be stamped. An adjustable gage member 10% is mounted at one side of the work table 8 for the purpose of guiding the ribbon in path beneath the die. At the left'hand side of the machine is arranged a driven feed roller 106 over which the ribbon passes and against which it is pressed by an idle roller 108 mounted in one arm of a bell crank lever 1.10. The lever 110 is pivoted between ears extending upwardly from an auxiliary base plate 105 adapted to be bolted to the machine frame and to carry portions of the ribbon feeding mechanism. A compression spring 11 holds the idle roller 10S yieldingly against the periphery of the feed roller 10d. ii receiving reel 118 is journaled between standards formed at the left hand side of the base plate 105 and is arranged to be dr' en frictionally by a pulley 120. Above the feed roller 106 is adjustably mounted cleanlllg' brush .122 v. iich acts upon the surface of the ribbon as it is fed over the roller and removes from it all surplus stamping; medium. i

The feed roller 106 is mounted upon a shafe 11st which also carries belt pulley of the same diameter. A driving belt llo passes to this pulley and the pulley 120 which drives the receivi roll. A second belt is also provided driving the leash 12:2. The pulley 120 is made of such site as to insure rotation of the receiving '1 ,i I a coil at. a sui'licient speed to talre care of all the ribbon that may be fed to it while the frictional connection between it and the receiving coil permits slipping which compensates for the increased speed of peripheral rotation inciiilent to the increased diameter of the receiving coil. The brush 12-52 is journaled in the vertically adjustable supportmg member 126. w

At its rear end the shaft 11- carries a r is coiled a torsion spring 168 which is wound beveled gear 130 arranged to mesh with a corresponding beveled gear 132 on the left sh t the stamping strip feed. This will now be described. The main shaft 10 carries b tween the sides oi? the machine frame a pivoted bracket in which is journaled a worm shaft 188 carrying at its upper end a spiral gear 140 arranged tomesh with a corresponding spiral gear 1&2 on the shaft 10. The transverse shaft 134 carries a worm wheel 14% which is arranged to be driven periodically by a worm 146 on the forward end of the shaft 138. The shaft 80 above referred to, carries a cam 148 with a projection arranged to engage a hardened piece 150 secured to the side of the bracket 136 and to swing the bracket upwardly carrying the worm 146 into mesh with the worm wheel lei-l. A pawl 152 is arranged to latch the bracket 136 in operative position and the knock-oil pin lo lon the worm wneel'l i: is arranged to trip the pawl 152 when rotated sutliciently to encounter it,

The initial position of the knock-off pin 151 "s determined by adjustable stop piece v 6 projecting from a sleeve 158 on the 'haft as shown in l? l and 2. At ts outer end the sleeve 158 is provided with cranlr handle 15-9 carrying a spring locking pin 16d By turning the handle 159 the initial position of the stop piece 156 and of the knock-oil pin 154 may be so determined that the extent of feeding movement imparted to the i'eec roller 1% will be sulhcient to advance the leather strip by ex actly the desired amount. VThe spring pin 1% in the handle 159 serves to maintain the feedino mechanism in its adjusted position by entering one of a series of holes 16% formed in the machine frame. For coovenience in handling the top stay material for boots the holes 164% are arranged to correspond with the various boot sizes as shown in Fig. ii If it is desired to stamp fifty feet of top stay material for No. boots the handle 159 is swung to the hole in the series 164 which bears the desired designation and thereupon at each feeding oneration, a portion of the leather strip or the appropriate size for a N boot is advanced through the machine.

Secured to the shaft 134 is a flanged collar 166 as shown in igi 1 about which up during the driven movement of the shaft aiid which serves to return the shaft and the worm wheel ill to their 1n1t1al posltions automatically started and Whenever the worm 146 is disengaged from the worm wheel i l-l. Reverse movement of the sna-tlt 134- with espect to the beveled gear wheel 132 and the feed rollers is permitted by a one-way connection comprising; a roller clutch interposed between the gear and the shaft as shown in 3.

The adjustment of the stamping strip feeding m chanism for the stamping strip allows for the width of the particular embossing die being used. already eX- plained this adjustment is efiected in-- dependently oi the adjustment of the strip to be stamped. An adjustment of the siaiiiping strip from front to rear is permitted. by the connection between the frame and the bracket 12 whichcarries the coil in operating the machine above described. an embossing die of the desired character is mounted the carrier and these adjust nents made in the feeding mechanism for the stainpin "ip so an amount of the strip shall be presented beneath the die just suliicient to cover the desired impression, the machine is to be employed for separate shoe parts or parts of a finished boot or shoe'such part may be presented upon the work table 8 in position determined by suitable res. These have been omitted from the dra -iings to avoid contusion but may be similar to those disclosed in my prior application above identified. The machine is then set in operation where upon the guide fingers 20 lower the stamping strip upon the w rlr and the die carrier dcscends forcing the embossing upon the work through the stamping strip and eilectthe impression. The die carrier is then el vated, the feeding; mechanism for the strip thrown automatically into action, advancing the strip prepa ory to a new int sion', the lrnoclr ofi' pin 6%; and finally the parts are returned to their initial nositions. lt will b noted that the feeding of the stamping strip takes place at the conclusion of each embossi' oration so t w th everythat the machine comes to ie thing in readiness for the next ll'ilPI-TGSSlGR.

W hen it is desired to ut 'ze the machine for stamping a continuous s p of the strip guided across the work to by the gage 104- 5.1111;

therefor is Elfiljllfiimi by swi ha 159 into approp. 'ate posi" the machine is set i motion -e me} n is carried out as above outl'ncr i that advanced after each emboss or i r 11' wjw trr ql 1 in ianoing the ma slim the on ail/10A of the machine is automatic so that it may be depended upon to run through an entire 0011 of material without attention on the part oi the operator.

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1 ,aoonoe Having thus described by invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. A marking machine, having, in combination, a drive shaft. a worlr table and die arranged for relative movement under the actuation o the shaft, means for feeding a strip of medium between the table ome t with the die, said and die 7 feeding means includhp; an initially inoperative connecting shaft constructed and arranged to be moved automatically to associate the feeding means and the drive shaft operatively when the ma chine is set in operation, and gearing between the connecting shaft and the drive shaft and feeding means.

2. A marking machine having, in combination, a worlr table, a die carrier arranged for vertical movement with respect to the table and adapted to retain dies of various widths, feeding mechanism for advancing a strip of stamping medium for application by the die to the work on the table and havino; provision for adjustment to correspond with the width of the die in use and controlling means automatically movable independently of the die carrier to advance the strip across the die.

3. 1i, marking machine having, in combination, a worlr table, a die carrier movable relatively thereto, strip feeding mechanism, means for automatically starting; and stop ping said mechanism while the die carrier remains at rest, and means constructed and arranged to fiX the stopping means in different positions for controlling the duration of the operation of the feeding mechanism.

4. A marking machine having, in combination, a frame, a die carrier movable therein, a holder for a coil of stamping medium in strip form, and means mounted to oscillate on the frame for engaging and drawing the strip from the coil and across the path of the movable carrier While the carrier remains rest.

5. A marking machine having, in combination, a stationary frame, a die carrier movable therein, a support for a coil of strip stamping medium mounted on the frame for transverse adjustment, and guiding means for normally retaining the strip suspended beneath the die carrier, said guiding means being movable in advance of the car rier to draw a length of the strip from the coil.

6. In a marking machine, a power shaft, a work table, a die movable relatively to the table to edectan impression, connections from the power shaft to the die to effect movement of the latter, and a pair of parallel, movable guide fingers for guiding a strip of stamping medium between the die and table, and means to arrest the movement of said ,guide fingers as the die is raised to effect a stripping action of the strip from the die.

'2'. A marking machine, having in combination, a frame, a die and carrier movable therein. a worlr table, a rock-shaft, guides secured to the rock-shaft and extending on opposite sides of the die, and m ans to oscillate the shaft and guides remove the strip from the work following an impression.

8. Amarlring machine. having in combination, a work table, a die movable with respect thereto to effect an impression, guide fingers for stripstamping medium located at the sides of the die to maintain the strip parallel to the face of the die, and means to lift said fingers away from the table first to lift the strip from the work and then to remove the strip from the die.

9. A marking machine having, in combination, a movable stamping die, a feed roller for a strip of stamping medium, worm driving mechanism for turning the roller, means for automatically shifting the elements of said mechanism into and out of contact to establish and disestablish connection between said roller and driving mechanism, and means for automatically interrupting such connection after a predetermined but variable interval.

310. in a mechanism for embossing material in continuous strip form, a work table, a die movable with respect thereto to effect an impression, mechanism for feeding a strip of material across the table, and mechanism for feeding a strip of stamping medium in the same direction and parallel to the first strip, between it and the die.

11. A marking machine having, in combi nation, a reciprocatory stamping head arranged for movement in a vertical path, a coil of stamping medium in strip form mounted upon one side of the path of the head, strip feeding means mounted upon the other side of said path, and automatically operating means for guiding the strip down wardly and then across beneath the head and for moving the strip bodily in advance of the head.

12; A. marking machine having, in oombination, a work table, a cohperating stamping die, and means for feeding a ribbon to be embossed to the table, said means including a feed roller, a worm wheel. having a oneway connection with the feed roller, a driving worm arranged to be automatically engaged and disengaged from the worm wheel, means for determining the interval of the driving engagement, and means for returning the worm wheel to a predetermined. initial position at the conclusion of such engaqement.

13. In a machine for embossing material in continuous strip form, a power driven die, a driving shaft, mechanism for feeding a strip of material, mechanism for feeding driven feed rollers located at the other side of the die carrier, and means yieldable relatively to the reel for guiding the strip downwardly and across below the face of a die in the carrier and then upwardly to the driven rollers, said guiding means being movable downwardly to carry the strip toward the work in advance of the die.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 20 name to this specification.

HENRY W. WINTER. 

